I've found eating early through lunch is easier. I have morning meds to take that upset my stomach when I don't have something with them. Just coffee or water usually isn't enough. I don't want to wait until 10am to 12pm to take my meds. I like to go to the gym early and eat or at least have a protein shake. I think I'm going to try eating between 6/7 to 2/3. I don't mind missing dinner, I don't feel hungry with my sleeve.

As your sleeve matures you should be able to eat more.

But as you are losing weight, you still should have enough stored fats to IF safely.

I regained app 30 lbs last year and when I was ready to lose it, IF with Keto-Paleo type eating allowed me to do it rather easily.

But I did 14-10 hours most days. Weekend I would often do 16/8.

To transition from normal feeding to IF I did by moving my first meal of the day farther and farther.

My typical final eating window was 12-9 pm, since I seldom was hungry in the morning, and often had problem with breakfast. My gut had a hard time with food or even protein shakes first thing am. When I tried to "push food in" too early, I would get nausea, or cramps. At the same time, I was almost always more hungry later during the day, and I needed food shortly before bed to prevent middle of the night hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)

I used the morning hours for drinking a lot of liquids, like coffee, tea, water. That seams to really help my gut motility. My system like warm liquids to wake up. I often would drink 80-100oz of liquids between waking up and my first meal. Drinking that much liquids, needs to be supported my taking extra electrolytes, like sodium, magnesium, potassium, etc. When I don't, I could get worsening of orthostatic hypotension and muscle cramps.

Retaining fluid in feet and ankles sometimes may indicate proteins deficiencies.

Or other medical issues due to lungs or kidney.

I hope you are seeing a doctor soon.

I agree with the poster above that you need to talk to your dr right away if nothing in your daily life has changed and out of nowhere your having swelling like that. There are several serious health issues that can be related to sudden onset of swelling.

I would be calling my Dr. depending how how much water you are retaining. It could signal other health issues or be a side effect of a medication, (which is often more annoying than anything but something I would still want to make sure my Dr. knew about). I take a medication that I always retain a solid 10 or more pounds on past a certain dose range. I have tested it out and it was a solid yes for me but I did mention it to my Dr. because some health conditions can cause sudden water retention.